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That's why I think the biggest enemy of successful relationships is loneliness.
When people are lonely, they wish-think potential partners. And then, once the relationship is real, they have a hard time accepting that their partner may not share all of their interests.
Or, if said partner was found through one of those interests, that they share values or anything else.
Because they fear loneliness, they try to force the issue. I don't watch a lot of movies, but one of the most insightful movies I've seen in recent years was Her, with Joaquin Phoenix. Whoever wrote that really understood how this works, and where we're headed as a society if we don't regain our collective attention span.
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